Some Supreme Court justices generally regarded as being likely to reject the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (PPACA) individual mandate provision were expressing uncertainty today about when and why they should strike down an entire law because they have struck down part of the law.
The court was holding its third and last day of oral arguments on the constitutionality of the law.
PPACA supporters believe the effort to uphold the law has 4 firm votes. Some are saying Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy may be the Obama administration's best hope of rounding up a fifth vote.
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Allison Bell
Allison Bell, a senior reporter at ThinkAdvisor and BenefitsPRO, previously was an associate editor at National Underwriter Life & Health. She has a bachelor's degree in economics from Washington University in St. Louis and a master's degree in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. She can be reached through X at @Think_Allison.
